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“Sustainability”: Conservative or Liberal?

Posted in SHP Winter 2011, Uncovering & Evaluating Sources, What is Sustainability? on March 12, 2011 | 6 Comments »

Earlier in the quarter, students wondered where sustainability falls within the framework of the standard right-left American political dynamic. Is sustainability inherently a conservative or liberal notion? Might it sometimes contain aspects of both sides of this spectrum? Or perhaps sustainability is not reducible to this familiar dichotomy? A sampling of Internet sources shows that [...]

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On the history of sustainability in the Pac NW, Part 2

Posted in History of Sustainability, Uncovering & Evaluating Sources, What is Sustainability? on February 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The SHP post “On the history of sustainability in the Pac NW” provides a useful way to think about the regional history of the thing we call “sustainability.” I wrote this post in the hopes that the student who contacted me with that question would engage us in a discussion on this topic for all [...]

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In cities is the preservation of the world?

Posted in Media, Uncovering & Evaluating Sources, Urban Infrastructure on February 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I have often heard that cities are the bane of modern society because of the resources they consume and the pollution they produce. Henry David Thoroeau seems to hold this perspective when he writes: The West of which I speak is but another name for the Wild; and what I have been preparing to say [...]

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The CLF’s Regional Equity Atlas as a tool to spur community development

Posted in Equity, Quantifying Sustainability, SHP Winter 2011, Student work, Uncovering & Evaluating Sources on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

[This post written by Chris White, Daniel Gray, Tony Smith] The Coalition for a Livable Future‘s Regional Equity Atlas (REA) provides a wealth of information regarding the socio-economic conditions of Portland and the metro area. This tool is useful for research regarding many various aspects of the equity pillar of sustainability. One potentially useful aspect [...]

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The CLF’s Regional Equity Atlas: Strengths and Weaknesses

Posted in Equity, Quantifying Sustainability, SHP Winter 2011, Student work, Uncovering & Evaluating Sources on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

[This post written by Noah Sharpsteen, Teddy Messan, Nigel Peltier, John Stephenson] This discussion focuses on the Coalition for a Livable Future’s Regional Equity Atlas (REA) and will address the strengths and weaknesses of the atlas’ ability to provide/represent useful data in regards to equity. [1] More specifically, we will argue that the type of [...]

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Food Deserts

Posted in Food & Agriculture, Quantifying Sustainability, Uncovering & Evaluating Sources on February 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I discovered the graphic above in a recent Slate.com article by Chris Wilson, Dinner at the Kwik-E-Mart: Food Deserts in America.” The Center for Disease Control and Prevention defines food deserts as “areas that lack access to affordable fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat milk, and other foods that make up the full range of a [...]

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Learning from critiques of the history and theories of “sustainability”

Posted in Critiques of Sustainability, SHP Winter 2011, Student work, Uncovering & Evaluating Sources, What is Sustainability? on January 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

[Post written by – Noah Sharpsteen, John Stephenson, Nigel Peltier, Daniel Gray] Works Under Discussion: Ricketts, Glenn M. “The Roots of Sustainability,” Academic Questions (2010) 23: 20-53 Bonevac, Daniel. “Is Sustainability Sustainable?” Academic Questions (2010) 23: 84-101 The overarching discussion consists in the critique of the history and general concept of sustainability. Ricketts critiques sustainability [...]

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History, historians, climate change

Posted in Environment, History of Sustainability, Uncovering & Evaluating Sources on January 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Past Actions: Present Woes, Future Potential: Rethinking History in the Light of Anthropogenic Climate Change A model syllabus for historians and other students of the past to engage with issues of anthropogenic climate change through the medium of history and related disciplines. Developed by a small team associated with the Rescue!History network. The Rescue!History network [...]

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Illahee Lecture Series

Posted in Events, Organizations, Uncovering & Evaluating Sources on January 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The Illahee Lecture Series was founded in 1999 and is a program of the Portland-based non-profit Illahee Institute. The organization’s mission is to provide participants with “practical tools for understanding the nature of our home here in the Pacific Northwest, and for taking care of it. We provide the region opportunities for science-based, policy-relevant environmental [...]

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Sustainability and Food

Posted in Food & Agriculture, Implementing Sustainability, Uncovering & Evaluating Sources on January 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Ellen Tarlin has recently started an online experiment at Slate.com to investigate some of the ways of thinking about food and nutrition at the individual and household level. She calls this project “Clean Plate: Outrageous Experiments in Sensible Eating.” Tarlin’s experiment is quite accessible. She writes brief posts in a conversational style, and engages her [...]

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